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handle is hein.cbhear/fdsysafri0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 2007 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 10:10 a.m., in room SD-192, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Daniel K. Inouye (chairman) pre- siding. Present: Senators Inouye, Mikulski, Murray, Stevens, Bond, and Shelby. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MEDICAL HEALTH PROGRAMS STATEMENT OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL KEVIN C. KILEY, SURGEON GENERAL, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR DANIEL K. INOUYE Senator INOUYE. I would like to welcome all the witnesses today as we review the Department of Defense (DOD) medical programs. There will be two panels this morning. First we will hear from the service Surgeon Generals, General Roudebush, Admiral Arthur, and General Kiley. Next we will hear from our Chiefs of Nurse Corps, General Melissa A. Rank, Admiral Christine Bruzek-Kohler, and General Gale Pollock. We are all witnesses to the amazing advances in modern medi- cine which not only affect the daily lives of everyone in this room but also the impacts of lifesaving measures for our Armed Forces serving in harm's way. One of the true unsung heroes in this effort is the military medic. He or she is on the front lines every day, making critical decisions and delivering immediate medical care that determines the fate of our service members. So much has changed for the medic since I served in the mili- tary, yet the one thing that remains constant on the battlefields is the call for a medic from a wounded service member. Medics often endure the same hardships as the front line infantry soldier. When the Rangers came ashore on D-Day, their medics were right there, treating them on the beach. Seven of them were killed and another 25 wounded on that day. During World War II, medics worked miracles with few supplies. They had bandages, tour- niquets, sulfa powder, and morphine. (1)